Salt spoon
William Strange
Category
Silver
Date
1730 (circa)
Materials
Silver
Measurements
110 mm (L)
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 935806.8
Summary
One of four salt spoons from a set of ten believed to be by William Strange, c. 1730. 'The Hanoverian pattern spoons have extended drops on the back of their bowls and are engraved on the underside of the handle with the initials GW and an earl's coronet... [They] were evidently intended to accompany the salt cellars...' (Lomax and Rothwell, 'Country House Silver from Dunham Massey', 2006, pp. 75) DUN/S/307 and DUN/S/473.
Provenance
'All ten bought by the Earl of Stamford from Sir John Grey, c. 1928; six retained... [DUN/S/219], [this] four... given by Lord Stamford to Lord Deramore and lent back by him [to the National Trust] in 1999' (Lomax and Rothwell, 'Country House Silver from Dunham Massey', 2006, pp. 75). Became the property of the National Trust after his death in 2006.
Makers and roles
William Strange, silversmith